Recent trends in food history in ancient Near-Eastern studies
The article is a presentation of the recent trends in food history in near eastern studies, and covers the last ten years of researches, with different perspectives.
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Food as an epistemic entity. The case of bread
Bread can be used in a number of different ways, and has considerable and varied cultural significance that has led to a vast range of visions of the world. Considering bread as an epistemic entity makes it possible to realize what Yhuda Elkana defines as “images of knowledge” 1: a multidimensional reading of many phenomena and processes which “constitute the long lost bridges that effectively link the pure and simple social world (norms, values, ideologies) to the body of knowledge” 2.